Margery williams bianco biography

English novelist, translator, and author of books for children, including The Velveteen Rabbit.Name variations: wrote under Margery Williams, Margery Williams Bianco, and Margery Bianco.

Born Margery Williams on July 22, 1881, in London, England; died on September 4, 1944, in New York, New York; youngest of two daughters of Robert (a barrister, distinguished classical scholar, and journalist) and Florence (Harper) Williams; limited formal education: attended the Convent School in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, for two years; married Francesco Bianco (a dealer in rare books and manuscripts), in 1904; children: son Cecco; Pamela Bianco (artist and illustrator of children's books).

Selected writings:

The Late Returning (1902); The Price of Youth (1904); The Bar (1906); Paris (1910); The Thing in the Woods (1913); The Velveteen Rabbit (1922); The Little Wooden Doll (1925); Poor Cecco (1925); The Apple Tree (1926); The Adventur